Researchers sought to determine the effect of long-term opioid exposure on esophageal motility, using a large cohort. Dysphagia occurs in nearly 2 of 3 individuals receiving treatment with opioids and ...

Investigators wanted to assess endoscopic appearance, wall thickness, histology, and dysphagia score for eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). Patients who have eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) developed ...

Barrett's esophagus (BE) is one of the most common premalignant lesions and can progress to esophageal adenocarcinoma. It is characterized histologically by a specialized intestinal metaplasia that ...

Panel A shows the microscopic myoarchitecture of the circular and longitudinal muscle layers of the lower esophageal sphincter and stomach. The circular muscle fibers of the esophagus cross each other ...

S-1 and intraperitoneal and intravenous paclitaxel as neoadjuvant chemotherapy for gastric cancer with positive peritoneal cytology. Background: There is limited data comparing intensity modulated ...

An esophageal spasm occurs when the esophageal muscles contract abnormally. (These muscles are located in the esophagus, the tube that carries food to the stomach.) Often triggered by eating, these ...

In this Endo-Sketch, a Healio video series on clinical conditions named after famous colleagues, Klaus Mergener, MD, of the University of Washington School of Medicine, discusses the origin of Barrett ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . These full-thickness tears of the esophagus typically occur after violent vomiting and retching, Mergener said.